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05/01/2006 12:22:31 AM · #1051 |
Just a placeholder today. :)
xianart, I'll try to send you a PM tomorrow with the steps I use. Mainly just doing some dodging & burning and some selective USM. I'm not sure how others do it, but there are a few folks here that I'd like to get their formula as well. :-)
There have been some great SP's here and some fun ones too. Feel like I know you all a little better after all this. Kinda sad to see it ending. ( I know, I'm a big sap!) :-D
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05/01/2006 02:15:17 AM · #1052 |
I have day 27 up.
Now I'm down to only three days left, and I have two shots I feel obligated to do in that time period -- one that I promised someone I'd do even though it will be, in a small way, really embarrassing for me, and one that I really want to try and I will be kicking myself for ages if I don't try it in time to put it in this project. THE PRESSURE. :)
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05/01/2006 02:16:43 AM · #1053 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
There have been some great SP's here and some fun ones too. Feel like I know you all a little better after all this. Kinda sad to see it ending. ( I know, I'm a big sap!) :-D |
If you are, I am too. :)
Jenesis, I'd be really interested in the eyes-in-focus tutorial that vikas mentioned in one of his posts. Any chance you might put together a How Do They Do That, or something?
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05/01/2006 02:19:26 AM · #1054 |
Day 23
Thought I forgot, didn't you?
It's up late, but that's because it's been a big day.
I present to you, the tired man. |
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05/01/2006 02:21:09 AM · #1055 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
Just a placeholder today. :)
xianart, I'll try to send you a PM tomorrow with the steps I use. Mainly just doing some dodging & burning and some selective USM. I'm not sure how others do it, but there are a few folks here that I'd like to get their formula as well. :-)
There have been some great SP's here and some fun ones too. Feel like I know you all a little better after all this. Kinda sad to see it ending. ( I know, I'm a big sap!) :-D |
I generally use the same method. dodging and burning and selective sharpening. (or selective blurring of *other* areas, heh). But I try and always have the eyes as in focus right out of the camera as possible.. and I do this by either taking 1400 photos until I get it right, or using my cable release to AF ;) |
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05/01/2006 06:14:07 AM · #1056 |
18, 19, 20, 21. More catching up tomorrow.
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05/01/2006 10:31:36 AM · #1057 |
Originally posted by Artyste:
Originally posted by jenesis:
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xianart, I'll try to send you a PM tomorrow with the steps I use. Mainly just doing some dodging & burning and some selective USM. I'm not sure how others do it, but there are a few folks here that I'd like to get their formula as well. :-)... |
I generally use the same method. dodging and burning and selective sharpening. (or selective blurring of *other* areas, heh). But I try and always have the eyes as in focus right out of the camera as possible.. and I do this by either taking 1400 photos until I get it right, or using my cable release to AF ;) |
Well, yeah starting out with a sharp eye is always best. :) But it usually takes me a good 2000 shots or so, so you really got it down Arty! ;-)
Like Glen said, I usually try to make sure the focus point is trained on the eyes (less work in the PP that way). A remote has helped me with this immensely!!
Once I start processing, I enlarge the photo to 200% and dodge the whites of the eyes and over the pupil to taste. I have it set to hightlights at 4%. I'll also Burn the shadows, again at 4%, the pupil and other darker parts of the iris.
Then I use the magnetic lasso and selet the iris, copy and paste it into a new layer, making sure to set the Feather quantity to 2 or 3. I then do an unsharp mask on that layer. My mixture on this varys depending on the sharpness, clarity and detail of the pupil but a place to start is 20-40-2. But again, play around with these numbers as you'll get different looks.
A different way to bring out the details in the Iris, is to do a curves adjustment once you've copy and pasted it into it's new layer. Somtimes I do this as opposed to dodging and burning the iris. It can give you some great results. I do this before I apply the USM.
Then I repeat for the other eye. I put them in their own layers so that I can adjust the opacity of them later, just in case I went overboard (which is usually the case) :-) Once I'm done I merge the layers down.
Again, this is just my method. Sometimes it works great, sometimes there's not no help for me. :) I'm sure there are probably better ways to do this, but I don't know them. I usually just mess around with stuff until I find something I like. One of the downfalls of being self-taught. :)
Hope this helps and if anyone has a better way, or a more correct way, please share. :)
Sorry for the long post everyone, but since a couple folks have asked, thought I'd post it here for anyone else who is interested. Afterall, this site is all about learning and since I've learned loads here, I always like to help when I can.
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05/01/2006 11:30:16 AM · #1058 |
Thanks for your informative post, Jen!
I finished day 23, but I won't publish it yet because it looks similar to the photo I want to use for the DPC Cinema challenge although I didn't use myself as a model for this submission. So I'll publish it when the DPC Cinema challenge is over.
Message edited by author 2006-05-01 11:30:26. |
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05/01/2006 01:19:00 PM · #1059 |
Originally posted by xianart:
ok, think aj should post tutorials on how he did - o - all his stuff! |
You're not referring to me, are you? I've got no idea about anything.
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05/01/2006 01:20:26 PM · #1060 |
22 & 23 are posted... talk about a beautiful weekend!!!
Message edited by author 2006-05-01 13:47:27.
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05/01/2006 01:38:09 PM · #1061 |
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05/01/2006 01:41:36 PM · #1062 |
LOL!!! Probably the best on yet Nick!! :-D
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05/01/2006 02:16:34 PM · #1063 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
LOL!!! Probably the best one yet Nick!! :-D |
I don't know how you can tell. They're all so good. Very inventive. Great lighting and great use of a Leitmotiv.
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05/01/2006 04:36:01 PM · #1064 |
jenesis, thanks so much for the tutorial! i'll reaad it completely when the boy goes to bed...
my day 16 is up! yes, it's a bit late, as i'm on day 22, but, it was my windows entry.
i'm quite chuffed with the respnse - 40 comments! almost all positive, and the negative ones very constructive. wow.
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05/01/2006 04:37:59 PM · #1065 |
Originally posted by AJAger:
Originally posted by jenesis:
LOL!!! Probably the best one yet Nick!! :-D |
I don't know how you can tell. They're all so good. Very inventive. Great lighting and great use of a Leitmotiv. |
great use of leitmotiv...
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05/01/2006 04:43:08 PM · #1066 |
Originally posted by jenesis:
There have been some great SP's here and some fun ones too. Feel like I know you all a little better after all this. Kinda sad to see it ending. ( I know, I'm a big sap!) :-D |
wouldn't it be amazing to do a travelling, international show of this project? or maybe a book?
hey, go big or go home, eh?
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05/01/2006 05:24:36 PM · #1067 |
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05/01/2006 08:03:28 PM · #1068 |
Day 24! :D
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05/01/2006 09:15:19 PM · #1069 |
Day 20 is up. Can't believe how fast this has gone...
Day 20 |
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05/01/2006 09:22:35 PM · #1070 |
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05/01/2006 09:29:01 PM · #1071 |
day 22 is up. yup, it's really zoomed by. i'll actually miss this ina week!
who's up for doing it again?
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05/01/2006 10:04:05 PM · #1072 |
My day has been full of good news, and yet still I'm bummin, really didn't feel up to a shot today, but thought that my mood may make an ok photo.
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05/01/2006 10:13:20 PM · #1073 |
Originally posted by xianart:
day 22 is up. yup, it's really zoomed by. i'll actually miss this ina week!
who's up for doing it again? |
Day 25 is a done deal...not an exciting one, but done :)
xianart, I have been suggesting a 30 day shoot from the hip challenge, but no one seemed interested. I thought it would be a nice departure from my own face...which I am entirely sick of :)
A week off in between perhaps...
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05/01/2006 11:12:40 PM · #1074 |
Day 24
I could probably do another one if others are up for it. But I suck at making decisions so I'll leave it up to ya'll. :)
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05/01/2006 11:44:43 PM · #1075 |
25 I think
Message edited by author 2006-05-01 23:50:18. |
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